National and International News
Legionella probe at food factory - BBC Health News 29/09/05
Health chiefs have been investigating how two food factory workers contracted Legionnaires' disease.
Probe into Legionnaires' outbreak - Daily Mail 29/09/95
Guide warns over large wine measure - Daily Mail 29/09/95
Many pubs have brought in bigger wine measures which cost drinkers more and may put them at risk, a new guide has warned.
Large drinks 'hide health risks' - BBC Health News 29/09/05
'Music can be good for the heart' - Daily Mail 29/09/95
Musical training may be good for the heart, new research suggests. Researchers studied 24 young men and women who were asked to listen to short excerpts of music.
Music training 'good for heart' - BBC Health News 29/09/05
Women 'losing interest in sex' - The Times 29/09/05
THE sex drive of women plummets as they juggle the demands of partners, children and careers, research suggests.
Most sex problems for married women - Daily Mail 29/09/95
Married women 'suffer sexually' - BBC Health News 29/09/05
eBay draws ire for sales of lenses - The Guardian 29/09/05
The online marketplace eBay is facing charges from the General Optical Council for allegedly allowing contact lenses to be illegally bought and sold without input from a doctor or qualified optician.
eBay faces court over lens sales - BBC Health News 29/09/05
Kelly declares war on junk food - The Guardian 29/09/05
The extent of the ban on junk food and drink in schools emerged yesterday as the education secretary, Ruth Kelly, pledged to end "the scandal" of poor-quality meals and snacks served to hundreds of thousands of children in England.
Tuck shops lose fizz in war on unhealthy school food - The Times 29/09/05
Safer sleeping plea after death of second baby - The Guardian 29/09/05
The government was pressed yesterday to give stronger warning against parents sleeping with their babies as a matter of urgency, after an inquest into the smothering of a five-week-old baby whose sister died the same way three years ago
Newborns in euthanasia policy? - Daily Mail 29/09/05
e Dutch government is expanding its euthanasia policy, setting guidelines for when doctors may carry out late-term abortions or end the lives of terminally ill newborns with the parents' consent, officials and medical industry sources say.
Fruit fly studies may lead to new approach to tackling some cancers - Medical News Today 29/09/05
Scientists studying the humble fruit fly have found a family of proteins that enhances the sensitivity of a cell to a hormone that can trigger abnormal growth and cancer. Their discovery could lead to a completely new approach to tackling some cancers and the development of new drugs to stop uncontrolled growth in a wide variety of tumour cells.
Surgeons join unions in attacking march of private sector in NHS - The Times 29/09/05
REFORMS to increase private sector NHS services came under attack from the Royal College of Surgeons as well as unions which defied ministers at the Labour conference yesterday.
Ministers defeated on health - Daily Mail 29/09/95
Labour activists have inflicted a third damaging defeat on the party's leadership - this time over the role of the private sector in the NHS.
Junior doctors in training demand - Daily Mail 29/09/95
Junior doctors have demanded reassurances that private companies operating specialist treatment centres will provide adequate training.
Rising toll of drink-drive deaths - Daily Mail 29/09/95
The number of people who died in drink-drive-related road accidents rose last year, according to Government figures.
Fatbuster free-for-all - Daily Mail 29/09/95
A powerful obesity drug has been made available over the counter.
Bishops call for Gulf War payouts - BBC Health News 29/09/05
Six bishops are calling on the government to compensate thousands of servicemen and women who became seriously ill after the 1991 Gulf War.
Aids virus 'could be weakening' - BBC Health News 29/09/05
The virus which causes Aids may be getting less powerful, researchers say.
Stroke research uses cyber space - BBC Health News 29/09/05
A team of four University of Ulster researchers have won an award for their hi-tech work in helping people with strokes regain use of their limbs.
Inquiry deal as E.coli cases rise - BBC Health News 29/09/05
A deal has been struck to settle a row over an inquiry into the south Wales E.coli outbreak as the number of cases rose again to 144.
Blair 'powerless over dentists' - BBC Health News 29/09/05
Tony Blair has admitted he is powerless to increase access to NHS dentistry.
Phytoestrogens in fruit and vegetables help lower lung cancer risk - Medical News Today 29/09/05
If you eat lots of fruit and vegetables your intake of phytoestrogens will go up and you will probably be reducing your chances of developing lung cancer significantly, say researchers at Texas University Medical Center.
Want to stop spread of flu, wash your hands - study - Medical News Today 29/09/05
If we all washed our hands regularly we would hit the spread of flu on the head, says a team of researchers from Queen Mary's School of Medicine, London.
Stress hormone may cross the placenta and affect baby in the womb - Medical News Today 29/09/05
Researchers from Bristol University, UK, found that pregnant women who experienced high levels of anxiety during the late stages of their pregnancy produced children who had higher cortisol levels when they reached the age of 10.
Prototype under-skin glucose sensor - Medical News Today 29/09/05
A prototype under-skin glucose sensor, developed by a Penn State researcher, will be among the technological devices exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art's "SAFE: Design Takes on Risk" exhibit in October.
Liver CRP production linked to atherosclerosis - Medical News Today 29/09/05
New research shows that levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), produced by the liver and not at the lesion site, correlate with the degree of atherosclerosis. The paper by Sun et al., "C-reactive protein in atherosclerotic lesions: its origin and pathophysiological significance," appears in the October issue of The American Journal of Pathology and is accompanied by a commentary.
Health Experts Discuss Draft Guidelines Recommending Physicians Discuss HIV, STD Prevention With Impotence Drug Users - Medical News Today 29/09/05
Doctors, pharmaceutical companies and health officials should make efforts to curb the abuse of erectile dysfunction drugs while research is under way to determine whether the drugs are linked with the spread of HIV, especially among men who have sex with men, experts said Tuesday in draft guidelines, according to Reuters AlertNet (Heavey, Reuters AlertNet, 9/27).
Change in focus needed for progress in HIV-vaccine research - Medical News Today 29/09/05
It is not time to give up on HIV vaccines but to change the way we pursue them, states a viewpoint published online today (Wednesday September 28, 2005) by THE LANCET.
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Fever of unknown origin: a marker for occult cancer? - Medical News Today 29/09/05
Fever of unknown origin might be a marker of occult cancer, according to research published online today by THE LANCET ONCOLOGY.
Virologist finds contagious equine flu in dogs, Cornell University - Medical News Today 29/09/05
A Cornell University virologist has isolated a highly contagious equine flu virus that is spreading a sometimes-fatal respiratory flu among dogs, and is responsible for a major dog-flu outbreak in New York state. There is no evidence that the virus could infect people.
Why do IBS patients have so many additional procedures that rarely help them? - Medical News Today 29/09/05
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) use over 50 percent more health resources than people without the disorder. Even though there are definitive guidelines to diagnose IBS through simple blood tests, many IBS patients have additional procedures and surgeries that rarely result in relief or any additional diagnostic findings.
Camphor's TRP - Medical News Today 29/09/05
Camphor, an age-old component of home remedies, is a plant derivative that acts as a topical anesthetic.
Heavy smokers who halve the number of cigarettes they have a day reduce their lung cancer risk - Medical News Today 29/09/05
Heavy smokers (more than 15 cigarettes per day) can reduce their risk of lung cancer if they decrease smoking by 50 percent, according to a study in the September 28 issue of JAMA.
Higher consumption of some soy products, grains and vegetables linked to reduced risk of lung cancer - Medical News Today 29/09/05
A diet higher in plant-derived compounds known as phytoestrogens is linked with a lower lung cancer risk, according to a study in the September 28 issue of JAMA.
E. coli's defense mechanism uncovered - Iron key to nitric oxide reduction - Medical News Today 29/09/05
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the John Innes Centre in the United Kingdom have uncovered a mechanism with which disease-causing bacteria may thwart the body's natural defense responses. The findings, which could ultimately lead to the development of more effective antibiotics, appear in the September 29, 2005 issue of the journal Nature.
Dangers of working in a pub - Medical News Today 29/09/05
Too much time in the tavern can be hazardous to your health--and not just for the drinkers bending their elbows or scrapping with the bouncer, according to a new study done in part at the University of Alberta.
International study of acute liver failure in children - Medical News Today 29/09/05
Multi-million dollar study will include 19 centers in three countries - A renowned liver expert from Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh is leading an international study examining the causes and potential treatments of acute liver failure in children.
Cheshire and Mersey News
One death every week from booze - Ellesmere Port Pioneer 28/09/05
ALCOHOL abuse causes a death nearly every week in Ellesmere Port and Neston.
£6m crisis hits care for elderly - Liverpool Daily Post 29/09/05
WIRRAL social services fear fear they may have to withdraw care from vulnerable people to plug a funding gap estimated to rise to more than £6m next year.
I'll take the plunge after op that was my life-saver - Liverpool Echo 28/09/05
WHEN Andy Jameson got a new lease of life thanks to a new kidney he made himself a promise to give something back.
Private firms cut waiting lists, says GP - Liverpool Daily Post 29/09/05
A LIVERPOOL GP yesterday hailed the use of private firms for improving NHS patient care, insisting critics of the policy were wrong.
Patients face long trips for treatment - Winsford Chronicle 28/09/05
CANCER patients in Winsford could soon have to travel twice as far for vital treatment.
Fears for patients if hospital unit closes - Crewe Chronicle 28/09/05
CANCER patients in Crewe could be put at risk if plans to make them travel twice as far for treatment are given the go-ahead.
Emergency services boost on the cards - Middlewich Chronicle 28/09/05
MIDDLEWICH may have its own ambulance service within weeks.
Ambulance fight ends in victory - Nantwich Chronicle 28/09/05
A BID for Nantwich to get it own ambulance has ended in victory.
Formby may lose its NHS care trust - Formby Times 28/09/05
A FORMBY health body which provides NHS services is set to be scrapped.
Health figures - Southport Midweek Advertiser 29/09/05
SOUTHPORT and Formby Primary Care Trust (PCT) spends £420,000 every day to buy and provide health services for local people.
Greater Manchester News
Kids brush up on tooth care - Manchester Evening News 29/09/05
DENTAL students are going back to school today to teach children how to look after their teeth.
School shut as bug strikes 60 - Manchester Evening News 29/09/05
THREE hundred children were sent home from a Manchester primary school after a stomach bug outbreak.
Kids 'suffering' anguish alone - Manchester Evening News 29/09/05
MORE than half of all children taking medication for a mental disorder receive no psychological back-up, a health watchdog revealed today.
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